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special counsel jack smith has expanded his classified documents case against the former president. all happening as we wait for another potential indictment to drop. that one on his investigation of 2020 election interference. we're following the latest. plus, legal issues. what legal issues? thformer president is far and republican nomination.r the he and several gop rivals will speak in iowa tonight. will any of them break through, will any of them take on the former president directly? we'll discuss. and a scare in the air. a plane taking, quote, evasive action to avoid a midair collision. we're going to hear from a passenger who says the flight felt like a roller coaster. we're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to "cnn news central."

donald trump, he faces new charges in the classified documents case. at the same time we're learning there are security preparations under way right now here in the capital for his possible third indictment in a separate case involving attempts to overturn the 2020 election. the special counsel is now charging the former president with three new counts. this in the classified documents case, including one additional count of willful retention of national defense information and crucially two additional counts of obstruction. prosecutors say trump along with two employees, walt nauta and carlos de oliveira, tried to alter, mutilate and conceal evidence after trying to delete security camera footage. why? de oliveira has been added to the case as a defendant now. prosecutors argue he told the i.t. director that, quote, the boss wanted that server deleted.

we're just learning the identity of that i.t. director, two people close to the investigation tell cnn his name is taveras, trump employee number four in that indictment. trump is also facing an additional charge for willfully retaining a top secret document about military attack plans for iran. cnn's paula reid joins me now. two categories in effect in these new charges in the classified documents indictment. tell us about the obstruction one, about deleting potential evidence here. >> that's right. all of the new legal problems in this new superseding indictment, of all of them, the biggest one is the fact they were trying to obstruct their own obstruction. here the former president allegedly applying pressure to relatively low level employees to try to destroy surveillance footage, which is at the heart, jim, of the prosecution's case. and now he has a new

co-defendant, carlos de oliveira, and the prosecutors were going to continue to try to get him and walt nauta to flip. so far they have not been successful, why both men have been charged. also, though, in this indictment, of course, the former president is charged with illegally retaining another classified document. but what is unique about this one, jim this is the one he allegedly references in the infamous recording. notably this was not charged in the first indictment. cnn has learned that this document was in the possession of archives. you would assume prosecutors could have added this to the first indictment. it is unclear why they added it here. >> goodness. not what we were expecting yesterday. >> not at all. >> new indictments, but significant nonetheless. paula reid, thanks so much. trump also faces a possible indictment in the other special counsel investigation. this for his and his allies efforts to overturn the 2020

election. joining me now, cnn's zach cohen. zach, the grand jury met yesterday, we were all waiting to see if there were developments out of there. they did not return with an indictment yet. you have new reporting there are preparations under way here in washington for that indictment to happen. what specific preparations are you talking about and when? >> yeah, jim. there is no sign of the grand jury today at the federal courthouse here in d.c., but we're learning that behind the scenes, law enforcement officials are still preparing under the belief that an indictment, an announcement could come sometime within the next week even, you know. agencies like the secret service, the metropolitan police department, the u.s. capitol police are coordinating with one another with the expectation thate an announcement from prosecutors in the coming days and, look, things like making sure there are enough officers staffed up to, you know, counter any potential protests that may result from that. figuring out logistics around a potential trump appearance in

d.c., once the indictment is announced. and now, look, we also know that trump himself is still expecting a potential indictment to come down the next couple of days. listen to what he told breitbart yesterday after his legal team met with prosecutors, working for jack smith's team. >> the public is smart and they see this stuff and now maybe a january 6th case, i don't know. maybe not. because it is -- they did nothing wrong. but what they're doing has been -- not been received very well by the public because the poll numbers are through the roof. but they did this in order to get me out. >> so, trump acknowledging the reality there that an indictment could still come even despite yesterday's twist and unexpected twist. so we have to wait and see, timing is a tough thing to predict. yesterday's lack of an indictment does not mean one will not come shortly. >> appears to be referring to republican polling there about this broader polling, different outcome, zach cohen.

interesting, perhaps telling. we know you'll continue to watch. thanks so much. boris? >> so many angles here, jim. let's discuss all of this with norm eisen, he served as special counsel for the house judiciary committee during trump's first impeachment trial. also with us, former fbi executive assistant director for intelligence, joshua school. he's the president of bal wave llc. something that strikes me in reading this indictment, the superseding indictment, is the level of detail. you have to have witnesses at mar-a-lago if these conversations are one on one, say, for example, between carlos de oliveira, the property manager and yuscil taveras where he apparently asked the i.t. worker to destroy the server, he says, i'm not sure if i can, and he says, well what are we going to do, the boss wants it done, what does that say to you? >> the indictment has taken

another jump leap forward both on the narrative dropped in, the new insert on the destruction of these tapes, boris. but also on the espionage act, the retention of national security materials. on this we have a section now which reads almost like a spy novel, with -- with mr. nauta, trump's valet, making a surreptitious unexpected visit to florida. and speaking to the newly added co-defendant, carlos de oliveira about the surveillance tapes. they're described in the charges as going through tunnels and sneaking through the bushes to meet with each other and at the end, the kicker, you have a discussion that is described and clearly you see taveras, the i.t. worker is trump employee number four now. cnn identified him. he's providing testimony and the

kicker at the end of this section, the boss wants the tapes destroyed. if there is any doubt about donald trump's role, this new insert begins and ends with conversations between trump and de oliveira, a big addition of new evidence that prosecutors are going to use to persuade a jury. >> and, to norm's point about this reading like a spy thriller, it does feel like a bit of a mafia story as well. questions about the loyalty of employees, walt nauta asking friends if carlos de oliveira could be trusted. trump calling him shortly after saying that i've got a lawyer for you, that paints a very vivid picture of the dynamic at mar-a-lago. >> it does paint a vivid picture. what you see here, boris, is desperate people doing desperate things. you're looking at a cover-up, a mountain evidence that the prosecution is continuing to bring. you have witness statements, you

have human sources, you have video evidence and you have audio recordings, all building towards additional charges coming. i have no doubt. but then you have the threatening of potentially somebody's job, although inferred and not directly stated, that the boss wants something to be done and that's a lot of pressure on somebody who is just trying to do their job day in and day out. and so it will be interesting to see as the testimony comes out what -- who has been pressured to say what and who may have been pressured to stay loyal. >> and on that question, if someone perhaps didn't stay loyal and is now cooperating, if you're the doj, how do you protect those witnesses? >> well, we have seen -- you protect them in the same way you would a witness any other place. you -- they have undoubtedly have counsel. you want to make sure there is any security threats are taken

seriously. but i don't see that going to the level of violence right now that you're kind of intimating. what they're probably most concerned about is their livelihood. >> well, i was more alluding to perhaps persuasion to not cooperate with doj, given there are questions of loyalty, norm, and the fact that donald trump is going out of had he's way to pay for some of his workers' attorneys and that sorts of thing. i'm curious to get your opinion on one aspect of this. john lauro, you worked with him for some time, how does he approach all of this? >> we were partners in criminal law practice. he's getting ready to fight, for sure. he's a -- he's smart. experienced. himself a former prosecutor. he knows every trick in the book. it is a powerful case, boris. one of the powerful things you and josh pointed out, it is this dynamic, it is going to be very

unattractive to a jury that you have the former president extremely important individual who is really gotten his workers, average working people into trouble. juries won't like that. but john is going to make the government prove its case or cases, depending on the scope of his involvement, at every step of the way. and there are going to be substantial issues. i think one of the reasons for the superseding indictment is because some of the evidence about that bedminster conversation might have been tough to get before the jury until you added new count 32, the iran document, the iran attack flplans that were discusd there. there is a tremendous amount of wrangling. he raised this in the doj meeting on january 6th, according to cnn reporting, and this is going to be a big issue here, delay. new defendant, new charges, new

evidence, it is almost guaranteed that trump's lawyers are going to say, we need more time before judge cannon. >> that may trial date likely going to slide, do you think? >> well, as a technical matter, it doesn't have to slide. there is no allegation that the new defendant mr. de oliveira himself handled classified documents. he doesn't need to see the classified documents. he may have helped transport them in boxes. so, the government will say, no, it is basically the same case. it is a couple of new issues. we need that date. let's stick with that date and the judge built in some leeway because there is many months between may and the general election in november. so we'll see if it slips and if so, how much. some judges would be the let it slip. this judge, we'll see. >> we'll see. trump-appointed judge. norm eisen, joshua school, thank you for the time. appreciate it. following this indictment,

donald trump will be on the campaign trail tonight in iowa, as well nearly a dozen of his rivals in the 2024 race. will any of them challenge the president on these charges? we'll be watching. and we're live on capitol hill with how lawmakers are reacting to the new charges former president trump is facing. how the house speaker is deflecting by attack president biden. explosions reported inside russia once again, including near the border with ukraine. what we're learning about what is behind those explosions ahead on "cnn news central." my name is brian delallo. i teach ap and honors economics in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. financial well-being to me is knowing that i cabe free to do the things that i love to do.

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donald trump's federal indictment on felony charges tied to his alleged mishandling of classified documents did little to soften his support among republicans in washington. now, new charges have come down, and a superseding indictment includes accusations that trump tried to destroy evidence and retained a sensitive document that cnn is reporting about an iraq -- an iran attack plan. has that given any of his congressional allies pause? let's find out. cnn's melanie satzanona is live

capitol hill for us. >> most rallied around donald trump after the initial document came out about classified documents and there are no signs of that support slipping, despite the new allegations that trump allegedly sought to have some surveillance footage from mar-a-lago deleted. speaker kevin mccarthy was asked if he was concerned at all about the new obstruction charges. mccarthy would not engage on the substance. he would not address the obstruction piece of this indictment and he tried to point the finger back at president joe biden and talk about his handling of classified documents. let's watch that exchange. >> what concerns me is you have a sitting president, that has a situation like this, but nothing has happened. you had -- and he's -- >> obstruction versus the -- two different issues. >> it is not two different issues. how is one being indicted and

another not? >> they're alleging he obstructed a federal investigation. >> let me ask you this one question, take all the names out. is any senator, any congressman have a right to take the document out of -- >> not everyone in the party shares that attitude of kevin mccarthy. in fact, congressman don bacon, a moderate who represents a district that joe biden carried in 2020, he said this is serious and should not be taken lightly. he expressed concern that this could hurt the party in the general election if donald trump is indeed their nominee. that's something i've heard from multiple republicans, some of them only willing to do so privately. we should also note across the capitol, mitch mcconnell has not commented on any of trump's indictments or legal troubles, so, a tale of two different gop leaders there for us. >> absolutely, melanie zanona, thank you so much. former president trump heads to iowa with a dozen other republican presidential candidates, including florida governor ron desantis. they're speaking at an annual

gop dinner the key early voting state. this will be trump's first public event since the charges came down and the first time he and desantis make competing pitches at an iowa campaign event. cnn political director david chalian joins us now to discuss. i won't ask the question again, at least for a while, will republican voters leave the president in light of the charges. at an event like this tonight, will republican candidates go after the rm president on the substance of these charges and the alleged crimes, not just a sort of he's not the most likely candidate to win argument, but stand up there and say this shall not stand? >> yeah, i don't think you should wait for that. these candidates have ten minutes allotted for the speaking time. it is getting before the iowa republican faithful at a state party fund-raiser and they want to make their pitch for their candidacy. i understand that. you note the dynamic in the race. donald trump has a 30 percentage

point lead in the most recent fox business poll in the hawkeye state. and just ignoring the elephant in the room doesn't seem like it will change the dynamic much for the caes. the snapshot of where were, jim, rigughly half the republican electorate seem to a trump alternative. they have not coalesced around any one singular candidate. it seems open. you understand the calculus that folks are making. like, hey, i'm going to play to that half of the electorate on my pitch and make hay happen. the other half, a large swath of it is liked into trump. they're so strongly in support of him. so we have these two parallel campaigns going on. this sort of normal every four years campaign, knocking on doors, getting the volunteers going. and then you have this unprecedented situational with the former president, his legal peril, his dominant status in

the race and it sucks all the oxygen out of the room out of an event like this. today perfectly encapsulates, he's going to speak at this event and blot out the sun for these other candidates. >> you know this better than me, one lesson of election cycles is brace yourself for surprises. we don't know how this is all going to end up. if you were to look at one of those candidates, who has the most potential when you talk to other political operatives, when you ta to voters who say, well, you know, this man or woman, they found a lane? really found a lane yet.has we he seen nothing has plotted out that f dn the road. we have less than six months to go. you see some signs, like, for instance, senator tim scott of south carolina, high favorability numbers, that means he may get a hearing from the republican primary electorate because they like him at the outset. they have more to learn about him. >> a great story if you heard that stump speech. >> ron desantis, the florida

governor, yes, things have not been going well, he needs to retool his campaign. he has money and a level of support that gets him in the front door to try to get a hearing to become the alternative. nikki haley, mike pence, certainly in that, but all of of these folks, jim, the whole point of where we are in this race, all of these folks are in a totally different universe than where donald trump is right now. >> is there any place where the money is going. there has been some talk that the big donors were migrating away from desesantis. >> his super pac, desantis', had $130 million in the first half of the year. he was able to raise $20 million in the first six weeks of his campaign directly for the campaign. yes, he spent way too much of it and they're trying to streamline things. but we'll see. he'll still be well funded. tim scott, again, has a ton of

money, carried over from his senate re-election campaign, and he's been the one most heavily spending on television ads in iowa to tell that very story you're talking about. >> you see folks smartly focus on one state, to outperform and then the narrative changes. you'll be watching, i know it. david chalian, thank you very much. boris? new detail in the case of a alabama woman who faked her own kidnapping on july 13th. carlee russell called police to report she saw a toddler on the side of the road. when police showed up, she wasn't there and there was no toddler. ryan young has the breaking news. what can you tell us? >> boris this just wrapping up in the last five minutes or so. the police deciding to make the announcement that they decided to arrest carlee russell. she's been arrested and she's actually bonded out. two charges she faced is false police reporting, and false reporting of an incident, both misdemeanors. understanding why so many people across the country were interested in this case, because for 49 hours, carlee russell was missing and people wanted to

know had she been abducted when she said she saw a toddler on the side of the road. she pulled over. when police arrived, all they found was a wig, cell phone and apple iphone watch and her car sitting there. for quite some time, they were looking for this window. listen to the chief talk about this moments ago. >> i know many are shocked and appalled that miss russell is only being charged with two misdemeanors. despite all the panic and disruption, her actions caused. let me assure you i too share the same frustration. but existing laws only allow the charges that were filed to be filed. i can tell you i will be contacting our state legislatures on behalf of law enforcement in montgomery and asking them to look at this law, applied to these facts and urge them to add an enhancement when someone falsely reports kidnapping or another violent crime. >> reporter: it was july 15th

when carlee russell returned home and had a story she told detectives that she was kidnapped by a man with orange hair. she was able to get away from her kidnappers several different times, finding her way home. her parents talked to the media all the way throughout this, calling for people to help out in terms of this investigation. then they went on tv and talked about her getting away from these people. at some point her lawyer came forward to say this is a hoax. we also know that police were able to go through her phone and find very disturbing search histories. the movie "taken" or buying a one-way bus ticket. we haven't figured out where was she for the 49 hours she was missing. the attorney general showed up to this news conference as well to lend his support to the hoover police department. so many questions about this case, why did she decide to do this, what was going on in her life? two charges, misdemeanors and

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as dragons teeth. you see the vehicle slamming into an antitank trench there. you see it disappear. and occupant then runs from the vehicle. this video has been circulating on russian social media as ukraine's counteroffensive continues to gain ground. let's discuss with retired general wesley clark, cnn military analyst and a former nato supreme allied commander. general, thanks so much for sharing part of your afternoon with us. when you see this video, is this a sign that ukraine's counteroffensive is making progress, and do you think they have the right equipment to get through the sorts of barriers? >> i think it is a sign that there is at least one ukrainian vehicle that is forward, but moving on a one tank front in daylight and wide open area, that's not a recipe for success. now, we could know that the counteroffensive is making progress. it is slow.

it is painful. it is going through an antitank ditch. and it is probably covered by fire. we have to put this in perspective. ukraine has got to move carefully through these minefields. it has got to hustle in its resources. it can't unleash a flood of vehicles, run into dragon's teeth and think it is going to go through. ukraine doesn't have air superiority in the area. if you read what is out in the public about this, there are some areas that are less heavily defended in the southeast where ukraine is attacking. and the idea that ukraine would be able to go after the less defended areas, that's good. but when they do that, you would expect the russians to reinforce those areas once the main ukrainian effort is identified. and here's where ukraine needs air power because when those russian forces start to maneuver in the open, they're very

vulnerable. ukraine doesn't have at tack h the attack helicopters, when they come to the assistance of a weak spot in their defense. so, this is going to be a touch and go battle for a long time. i think the courage and the adaptability of the ukrainians is fantastic. i sure wish we could get more materiel to them. that's the key. >> that air superiority so crucial as you mentioned. and on the question of an air offensive from ukraine, there have been multiple attacks in russia in recent days, including one in tangarod and that's roughly 25 miles from the ukrainian border, some ten people were injured. ukraine isn't taking credit for that attack to this point. but do you anticipate we're going to see more incidents like this one? >> i do anticipate this. ukraine has got to find a way to strike back its force for strategic and political reasons.

if it gets military effectiveness out of it, that's great. this war is being waged at all levels. you know from president putin's perspective, what hs'what he's gone a war offensive. he's pointing at the u.s. presidential election, no doubt. he believes donald trump gets elected, his problems are over. donald trump will solve this in 30 days, stop assistance to ukraine, tell ukrainians they have to surrender and give it to russia. putin's playing this at multiple levels. wagner groups in belarus are polish member of nato, they are moving forces up to the belarusian border because they're listening to the threats. lithuanians are nervous about this. putin is playing this at multiple levels. not just at the defensive level. at the defensive level, military

level, the pressure is on the ukrainians to bust through that russian defense. but without more materiel delivered sooner to the front, and more logistics and maintenance up there, they have got a very tough fight ahead. >> a message we heard over and over again from volodymyr zelenskyy. general wesley clark, we appreciate your time. thanks. >> thank you. jim? >> back home next, coming up, a flight attendant is hurt after a plane had to take evasive action to avoid a collision midair. someone who was a passenger on the flight will join us next on "cnn news central."

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the faa is now investigating a new collision midair between two planes sunday. this over fort lauderdale, florida. the pilot of allegiant bound for lexington, kentucky, was forced to take evasive action after nearly hitting a gulf stream business jet. a flight attendant on the allegiant jet was hurt. a passenger, seen here on the flight, said it felt like the plane went straight up. she was visibly upset after she and the injured attendant who thwacker says fell backward as the plane ascended. gabe cohen joins me now. tell me how the jets got so close together. there are so many systems, fail safe, fail safe, some automatic, humans involved and air traffic control, how did this happen? >> that's the big question that the faa is investigating at this point. let me lay out exactly how this played out. what we know. allegiant, this flight takes off from fort lauderdale on sunday,

headed for kentucky. right around the orlando area, about 23,000 feet up, when suddenly the pilot is told to go east. we have this statement from the faa explaining what happened. they basically said that air traffic control in miami directed the pilot to turn eastbound over the ocean. at that 23,000 feet altitude. when it crossed in front of a northbound gulf stream business jet. at this point, these to aircraft are headed in the same path, but both pilots, fortunately, got an automated alert that basically there was another plane flying at the same altitude and immediate action needed to be taken. bear in mind, about two and a half miles apart. that may sound look a big distance, but -- >> they're going fast. >> this is airborne traffic speeds, seconds, not minutes here. both pilots took evasive actions, allegiant plane went up, the jet went down, and they were able to avoid a disaster.

we know the allegiant pilot's maneuver was dramatic enough that they had to turn back to fort lauderdale so a person could get medical attention. it is rare that an incident like this, a pilot's maneuver ends in an injury. we sometimes hear about it with turbulence. but this is really rare. >> quickly here. so anecdotally, it seems like we have seen a remarkable number of these in recent months, both in the air and on the ground. statistically are these near misses happening more often? >> that's been the conversation throughout the year and we have heard people like transportation secretary pete buttigieg talk about early in the year a surge in close calls, especially incursions involving one plane that was sitting on a runway. the faa faced intense scrutiny, claims that air traffic control is understaffed, using outdated systems and they have taken precautions, taken measures to address this. they held that safety summit earlier in the year.

they added new guidelines for air traffic control. and stood up a new regular training program to try to make sure that air traffic controllers stay sharp that they don't make mistakes, we don't have close calls like the incident we just saw. but, remember, as much as experts and officials in this field tout the safety measures and the safety track record that is in place for the airline industry, we're talking about an faa that has not had a confirmed administrator for more than a year now. president biden tried to appoint an administrator that was then resigned under scrutiny and so there are a lot of questions when you look at an incident like this as to whether some of the changes they put in place are working, how long can they keep that really, really good track record in place. >> we heard the transportation secretary talk about how many more air traffic controllers they want and need to hire. gabe cohen, thanks so much. so, what was it like on that jet as this happened? joining me now, jerica thwacker

who was on board. thank you so much for joining. i'm glad you're okay. i'm glad other folks on the flight are okay. first, tell us what it was like as the pilot had to make this emergency move out of the way of this other jet. >> well, at that time we thought it was turbulence, which was still scary at the time because i had never been through that. but when he came on the intercom and let us know that we were actually trying to miss the other airplane, it was like an intensified all that fear that happened. and it was like a roller coaster the way we had to go up and down to miss the plane and then level back out to the height we were supposed to be at. >> what was the reaction on board from yourself and others when you heard the pilot say that's what i had to do, i had to steer us out of the way? >> people started crying, you

could hear people praying. everyone at a window seat started to close their windows because everybody was too scared to look outside at what was around us. >> goodness. you say you saw the flight attendant who was thrown during this maneuver get hurt. what did you see? >> well, when i -- after i looked over, after we had finally stabled out, i saw that two flight attendants were on the ground. when one got up, the other one stayed on the ground. the one who got up said, oh my god, she hit her head. she stayed laying on the ground for about five minutes when they finally were able to get her up and move her back to the back of the plane and then asked if there was any medical professionals on board, which they eventually found one and brought her back with that injured flight attendant. >> and, were they able to find a doctor on board who could take care of hadder im her immediate >> there was a woman on board who went back with her. i'm not sure what they did back there, but she did go back to help her out.

>> as i understand it, this incredibly was only the second time you have been on a plane, your second flight. >> yes. >> what -- first of all, i'm glad you're well. how are you doing now and what are you thinking? >> i'm doing a lot better. it is still -- it is not like i got through the day with that in the back of my head, but when you lay down to go to bed, it is in the back of your head there that the thing you almost went through, the fact that i could have died in a few seconds, and still talking about it now, i just now got to the point where i could actually talk about what actually happened during the incident, avoiding the plane, because it was kind of blanked out in my mind and i didn't realize when i was talking to people about it that i was completely skipping the actual incident. >> yeah, that's -- it is often a typical reaction to trauma. can i ask you, first of all, get the help you need, talk to folks about it, that's important. do you think you'll get back on

a plane some day? >> there is a very slim chance that i will step on to another plane, but i can tell you, if it ever does come to that point, i will not be going on allegiant. >> goodness. did they reach out to you, apologize? >> no. we did receive a $100 voucher for a future flight, but there was no real communication with allegiant at all. >> goodness. >> besides when my -- and they lied about what happened. >> they lied. how? >> well, my mother called once we landed because we needed help to get a rental car because we didn't have that kind of money on us, and so my mom called and was, like, is there any way you guys can help my family get a rental car to get home because they were on that airplane that almost hit another airplane. and aleeth legiant told my mom, have the wrong information, the

plane was turned around because the pilot got sick and hung up on her. >> really? goodness gracious, wow. that's not fair to you. listen, you know, statistically still the safest way to travel. we know that. but, boy, having gone what you go through, i just hope you get over it soon and i'm glad you're safe now. >> thank you. i appreciate it. >> thanks so much for joining us. jerrica thacker. and we'll be right back. funds ao enjoy y what i love to do. as long as you can make an impact, w why stop?

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